Evaluation of the microbiological and nutritional quality of hot dog sausage

Abstract

Demanding for foods of rapid and easy preparation, and also with adequate nutritional potential has favored to increase the consumption and the industrialization of emulsified meat product and among them the sausage. Aiming at assessing the quality of these products, the physical-chemical and microbiological analyses were performed in different brands of sausages commercialized in bulk. Of the analyzed samples, 58.33% showed coagulase positive Staphylococcus counting higher than the limit allowed by the legislation in force. The physical-chemical analysis showed that in 50% of tested sausage brands the protein, total carbohydrates and starch contents were in disagreement with the values established by the legislation. It was also found that 25.00% of the analyzed brand showed the fat contents above the permitted values.